Business booms at Eastern ports
28th September 2006, Page 14
28th September 2006
Page 14

Page 14, 28th September 2006
— Business booms at Eastern ports
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
BUSINESS AT East Anglian ports is booming with three of the region's docks handling more than 2.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2006; up 3.3% on 2005.
Ipswich, Lowestoft and King's Lynn ports all handled more containers — tonnage through Lowestoft rose 42%.
Matt Jukes, port director for ABP, which owns the three ports, attributes the increases to agreements with chemical and aggregates companies.
Kings Lynn also had its first shipment of unprocessed logs and Henrikson Shipping transported a 2,500m3 cargo from Denmark. Ayrshire haulier JST Services then transported the logs to a sawmill in Northamptonshire.